Jeremiah · Catholic Public Domain Version
Jeremiah 47 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah, the prophet, against the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck Gaza.
1 Yahweh’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck Gaza.
2 Thus says the Lord: “Behold, waters will rise up from the north, and they will be like an inundating torrent, and they will cover the land and its plenitude, the city and its inhabitants. The men will cry out, and all the inhabitants of the land will wail,
2 Yahweh says: “Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and will become an overflowing stream, and will overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein. The men will cry, and all the inhabitants of the land will wail.
3 before the uproar of a procession of weapons and of his soldiers, before the commotion of his four-horse chariots and the multitude of his wheels. The fathers have not looked back for the sons, because of feebleness of hands,
3 At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don’t look back for their children because their hands are so feeble,
4 because of the arrival of the day on which all the Philistines will be devastated, and Tyre and Sidon will be destroyed, with all the rest of their helpers. For the Lord has depopulated the Philistines, the remnant of the island of Cappadocia.
4 because of the day that comes to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains; for Yahweh will destroy the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Caphtor.
5 Baldness has arrived over Gaza. Ashkelon has been silenced, along with the remnant of their valley. And how long will you continue to be cut down?
5 Baldness has come on Gaza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing. You remnant of their valley, how long will you cut yourself?
6 O sharp sword of the Lord, how long will you be without rest? Enter your sheath; be refreshed and silenced.
6 “‘You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself back into your scabbard; rest, and be still.’
7 But how can it find rest, when the Lord has ordered it against Ashkelon and against its maritime regions, and when a task has been appointed to it there?”
7 “How can you be quiet, since Yahweh has given you a command? Against Ashkelon, and against the seashore, there he has appointed it.”
Cross references (7)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 25:20; Genesis 10:19; Exodus 25:15–17; 1 Kings 4:24; Zechariah 9:5–7
- 2 Jeremiah 1:14; Jeremiah 8:16; Jeremiah 46:20; Isaiah 8:7–8; Isaiah 15:2–5
- 3 Jeremiah 8:16; Judges 5:22; Deuteronomy 28:54–55; Job 39:19–25; Ezekiel 26:10–11
- 4 Amos 9:7; Isaiah 20:6; Deuteronomy 2:23; Hosea 9:7; Amos 1:8–10
- 5 Jeremiah 48:37; Jeremiah 25:20; Micah 1:16; Jeremiah 41:5; Mark 5:5
- 6 Ezekiel 21:3–5; Jeremiah 12:12; John 18:11; Ezekiel 21:30; Isaiah 10:15
- 7 Ezekiel 14:17; Micah 6:9; Isaiah 10:6; Amos 3:6; Zephaniah 2:6–7
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